GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |